Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“PAULOU”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2010
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2024
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Couvin · since 1991
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Liège · since 2018
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Rotterdam · since 1975
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1979
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Vermogensbeheer · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Other business support services · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Le Monde du Pain · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Gent · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of STRAND HOTEL · Hotels and similar accommodation · Oostende · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Sankt Vith · since 2020
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Other business support services · Turnhout · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2010
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 1991
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Plastering work · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2003
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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Boechout · since 1954
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Abscon · since 1976
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Howald 2112 · since 1992
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Verlaine · since 1994
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Andenne · since 1999
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Other sports activities · Leuven · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Hemiksem · since 2019
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Event catering · Zwalm · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2022
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Site preparation · since 2012
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2004
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brakel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MAISON PAULY · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1982
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Verviers · since 1963
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Name of an establishment of G-fix · Joinery installation · since 2017